I don't blame them for stopping the free tier, but they really don't make it obvious thats what's happening. Feels almost deceptive. This is the only part that mentions it:
> Want to use deployments but don’t want to spend $7/mo for the Hacker plan? We thought about you as well. Starting today, you can now pay for Autoscale & Static Deployment overages without a plan
> Want to use deployments but don’t want to spend $7/mo for the Hacker plan? We thought about you as well. Starting today, you can now pay for Autoscale & Static Deployment overages without a plan